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The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yātrā
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gaura yadi pāche cale, śyāma haya sthire gaura āge cale, śyāma cale dhire-dhire
SYNONYMS
gaura —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  yadi —if;  pāche cale —goes behind;  śyāma —Jagannātha;  haya —becomes;  sthire —still;  gaura —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  āge cale —goes forward;  śyāma —Lord Jagannātha;  cale —goes;  dhīre-dhīre —slowly.
TRANSLATION
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dramatically enacting the song, He would sometimes fall behind in the procession. At such times, Lord Jagannātha would come to a standstill. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu again went forward, Lord Jagannātha’s car would slowly start again.
TEXT 1199
এইমত গৌর-খ্যামে, দোঁহে ঠেলাঠেলি ।।
স্বরথে শ্যুমেরে রাখে গৌর মহাবলী ॥ ১১৯ ॥
ei-mata gaura-śyāme, doṅhe ṭhelāṭheli svarathe śyāmere rākhe gaura mahā-balī
SYNONYMS
ei-mata —in this way;  gaura-śyāme —Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  doṅhe —between both of Them;  ṭhelāṭheli —competition of pushing forward;  sva-rathe —in His own car;  śyāmere —Lord Jagannātha;  rākhe —keeps;  gaura —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  mahā-balī —greatly powerful.
TRANSLATION
Thus there was a sort of competition between Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Jagannātha in seeing who would lead, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so strong that He made Lord Jagannātha wait in His car.
PURPORT
After giving up the company of the  gopīs  in Vṛndāvana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, engaged in His pastimes at Dvārakā. When Kṛṣṇa went to Kurukṣetra with His brother and sister and others from Dvārakā, He again met the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is  rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalita , that is, Kṛṣṇa Himself assuming the part of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in order to understand Kṛṣṇa. Lord Jagannātha-deva is Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s leading Lord Jagannātha toward Guṇ-